Improvement in hat and cotton-presses



G. UT'LBY. HAY 0R COTTON PRESS.

No... 106,638. Patented Aug. 23 1870.-

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GREY 'UTLEY, OF CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA.

Letters Patent No. 106,638, dated 1111411481523, 1870.

To all whom it may concern:

'Be it known that I, GREY UTLEY, of Charlotte, in thecounty of Meckleuhurg and State of North Carolina, have invented a new andpseful Improvement in Hay and OUtt-OH- PI'BSS; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable =0t-hers skilled in the art to make and use the some, reference being had t0 the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view ot'my imprm-ed device.

vFigure 2 is a sideviewof the some, partly-in section, to show the construction.

' Similar letters of reference indicate corres )ondin l a parts.

My invention has for its object to improve the construction of my improved hay and cotton-press,

, patented May I2, 1868, and numbered 7 7,852, so as to make it more convenient and satisfiictoryin use, and more eficotive in operation; and

It consists in the construction and combination of varionspnrts ofthe device, as hereinafter more fully described. p v A represents one of the lifting-blocks, which has a square hole formed through its center, for the passage of the square bar B, the frame of the said frame.

which passes up at the ends of press, and is vsecure] y attached to O are the dogs, which are made in aboutthe shape shown in figs. l and 2, and are placed in recesses formed in the end parts of the hlock A, so that their outer ends may rest; against the rounded rear ends of the recesses in the block A, and their rounded forward ends, may rest against the opposite sides of the bar 13.

The dogs 0 are provided with handles, c', for con-- venience in inserting and removing them.

,Bythis chnstruction, when the block A is drawn upon in working the lever, the dogs 0 clamp the bar B, and thus form a fulcrum for the lever.

\er is released or raised, thehlock A drops down by its own weight, giving the said lever a new purchase. Upon the outer side of the block is formed a hook or catch 1), to receive the lower end of the link E, through the upper end of which is passed the end of the-lever F, as shown in fig. 1.

G is an angle-plate, fitting upon and secured tothe projecting ends of the timhers or hairs of the follower.

As the le-- Through the upper part of the angle-plate G is formed a square hole, for the passage of the bar B.

Upon the outer side of the lower part of the angle plate G is formed a hook or catch, H, to receive the upper end of the link I, through the lower part of which the lever F passes, and the lower end of which rests in a notch in the lower side of said lever at a little distance from its end, as shown in fig. 1.

-By this construction, when the outer orfree end of the lever F is pressed downward the angle-plate G is drawn downward, drawing the follower down upon the materiel in the press, compressing it.

. J is a block, placed above the square bar B justzthove the angle-plate G, upon which plate the said side.

\Vhen the outer end of the lever F is raised, to

take a new purchase, the dogs K of the block J clamp the bar B, and prevent the follower. from being forced upby the upward pressure of the material being compressed.

By making the angle-plate G and the upper block J in two pieces, .in the manner herein described, the ends of the follower may he operated upon alternately, which cannot be douewhen the said parts are unule iii one piece without causing said the bar B, and breaking it.

1 Having thus described my invention, 1 I'claiur as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent The loose clamping-hlockJ K andangle-plate G, provided with a hook or catch upon its outer side, made scparnte, and operating in'iconnection with the link I, lever F, Iink E, clamping-block AU, and stationary bar B, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

GREY UTLEY.

Witnesses:

HUME 1!. HM, E. W. Loss.

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